Workshop on roosters and sound preferences
Text: Heikki Uimonen On Wednesday 5th we visited Björkskolan to conduct the sound preference test. The pupils were asked about their favourite and least favourite sounds and later interviewed in groups about their use of smartphones and music. After introducing ourselves, we prepared our audience with a story about the roosters that kept us awake on […]
Awakening of a village
Text: Heikki Uimonen Tuesday was well spent walking and listening. The SOMECO team divided the village into three areas, following the documentation of the listening walks in 2000 (see picture). We visited the areas five times a day, starting at 07:00, following the same route repeatedly. Each walk took about 30 minutes. Pencil and paper […]
Bus no. 219 Lessebo–Skruv on 3rd Monday 15:00
Text: Heikki Uimonen A connecting bus from Lessebo station to Skruv allures to participatory observation. Chattering schoolchildren had found their seats in the back of the bus, as usual. A young classmate was listening to music on his smartphone speaker. The announcement “Nästä Linnerydsvägen” (Next stop Linnerydsvägen) was drowned out by the humming of the […]